Lift Off! A guide to Colorado's Opening Days

"This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?"

-- Charles De Mar,

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Better Off Dead

(1985)

The chase for Colorado's white gold gets more serious when there's pure powder to be had, but after taking the summer off Colorado's core addicts will still go out of their way for their first hits of whatever they can get.

This week's blizzards across the state have everyone jonesing, but the fiends at Loveland had their lifts running October 7, making them first in the U.S. and more than a month ahead of most of their Colorado competitors; they've been similarly freebasin' at A-Basin since October 9, and there's fresh, natural snow to be had at both resorts this week.

It's not too late to make first tracks of the season at other mountains, either:

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